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It's not quite the same concept, but that's kind of what I'm grappling with in the real version of my "Mr. Kent Is Dead" fic (wherein I don't actually kill Jonathan)... so it's funny you should bring this up.
Of course, it's not like a dictatorship thing, and he's not evil per se, so I'd still like to see someone take a little bit of a darker turn with this. Have a bit of fun with it, you know? Well, my definition of fun...